Ep 223 - Invisible Man, by Ralph Ellison
Overdue
Headgum
4.6 • 2.4K Ratings
🗓️ 6 February 2017
⏱️ 64 minutes
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Summary
"I am an invisible man," says the unnamed narrator at the beginning of Ralph Ellison's masterpiece Invisible Man. He then walks the reader through the painful journey that led to this realization, from the Jim Crow South to a less explicitly divided New York City.
When we aren't discussing the narrator's struggle to fight for racial justice through and within a Communist party analog, we spend time chatting about the Pigskin Classic, dragging Harold Bloom, and unpacking stereo equipment. This week's show is brought to you in part by the fine folks at Blue Apron and Penn State World Campus.
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| 0:00.0 | This is a headgun podcast. |
| 0:06.0 | While Andrew and Craig believe the joy of discovery is crucial to enjoying any well-told |
| 0:10.3 | tale, they will not shy away from spoiling specific story beats when necessary. |
| 0:16.5 | Plus these are books you should have read by now. |
| 0:30.0 | Welcome to the big game. |
| 0:44.9 | It's the pigskin classic. |
| 0:48.8 | So we're playing the pigskin classic. |
| 0:50.5 | We're not going to talk about it. |
| 0:52.0 | I thought we were going to talk about it, but instead we're playing. |
| 0:54.3 | We're throwing the ball to you Andrew. |
| 0:57.1 | Alright, strap on here. |
| 0:58.1 | I got my pads on. |
| 0:59.8 | I got my helmet. |
| 1:00.8 | We got my mouthpiece. |
| 1:01.8 | What else do I need to play the great game of American football? |
| 1:05.4 | Do you have sweet gloves? |
| 1:08.2 | I have sweet gloves. |
| 1:09.2 | I have an endorsement deal from Deedis. |
| 1:11.5 | It's not like I wanted, but like you dance with the one that brought you, right? |
| 1:15.2 | Yeah, that's what I'm saying. |
| 1:18.0 | My name is Craig. |
| 1:20.0 | Wait. |
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